Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Sheer amount of reforms, which the current Hungarian government is engaged
into, and, most of all, the volume of reformed economic and political
institutions is unprecedented. Apart from Prime Minister Viktor Orban, no one,
not even the members of his own government, seem to be aware of the complicated
situation, which Hungary fetched itself in. The government is under tremendous
pressure exerted by the international institutions. Orban awaits the IMF
decision regarding the loan for Hungary with the strained attention — this loan
may give the markets a positive signal.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

About a week ago timid rumors about a failed coup in
one of the most outstanding Arab states — Qatar — leaked to the outskirts of
global information space. Its population is of match to a population of Udmurt
Republic (federal subject of Russia) and makes about 1.700.000, but of late it
has been laying claims for leadership within the renovated Gulf Cooperation
Council, ousting the authority of Saudi Arabia.